<p>is chemical engineering the hardest engineering major ... as i have read in the other posts? .... does anyone know why its under LAS at u of i: urbana champaign and not under college of engineering ... is it easier at urbana than at other schools which have it under college of eng ... or is chemical engineering is never under college of eng ?</p>
<p>It's different for many schools. At some schools, like UCLA, chemical engineering is under the college of engineering. At other schools, like UC Berkeley, chemical engineering is under the college of chemistry. At some other schools it may be under LAS. I have heard that it is one of the most difficult engineering majors, and rightfully so, as chemical engineering majors have the highest salaries of any engineering major (at least with a bachelor's).</p>
<p>thanks so much</p>
<p>no; just because uiuc puts ChemE under LAS doesn't mean its easier. i'm not sure why its under LAS, but it is more difficult to get in than all the other LAS majors. the mean SAT score is at least 150 pts higher and the accepted individuals have class ranks and academics that are (on the average) superior than other LAS majors.</p>
<p>it may also be useful to know that the petroleum industry is the largest hirer of chemE's.</p>
<p>UIUC ChemE has an average of 30.5 ACT and top 6% class rank, so it's among the most selective majors.</p>
<p>I think it has something to do with department funding, keeping a reputation for LAS (chemE does bring the department a majority of the attention it receives and money) and being such a close curriculum to chemistry (specialized/accelerated that is). Even the dept. heads didn't know . . . well she didn't tell us. She just sighed and shook her head. It is kind of ridiculous.</p>
<p>alright thanks a lot for all the opinions</p>
<p>but had a question</p>
<p>a person earlier said that >..
"UIUC ChemE has an average of 30.5 ACT and top 6% class rank, so it's among the most selective majors."</p>
<p>so if i have a 31, and 14/800 so like top 2% ... and GPA: 4.436 Weighted
GPA: 3.949 un-weighted and am a resident of IL ...with </p>
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<p>do u think i can make it to chemical engineering at UIUC becuase i know i cant make it to BIOENGINEERING THERE !</p>
<p>would umich, madison, or northwestern be reaches as well for chem or biomed?</p>
<p>I wouldn't say UIUC ChemE is a safety because your ACT is almost at the average, but a 31 ACT and top 2% class rank give you very good chances. You didn't mention your high school, but if it's a very competitive one like New Trier or IMSA, that would be even better. Your stats are also good for Michigan, Wisconsin, and Northwestern, so you should apply to them as well.</p>
<p>Depends on what you mean by "hardest". I wouldn't call it the most difficult to understand. However, ChemE is generally regarded as one of the most "demanding" in terms of workload. </p>
<p>Northwestern's average class rank and ACT are 94 percentile and 31. However, for the engineering school, those numbers are higher (though I don't know what exactly). You should still be competitive regardless.</p>
<p>well i go to Naperville schools ... north and central ... i think they are pretty competitive ... dont u? so i should have a legit shot? ... would i need Sat II's? also? and which ones? ... thanks so much i appreciate it!</p>
<p>your guaranteed. naperville north is a very good school.</p>
<p>i attended waubonsie valley and pretty much everyone in the top 15% of cour class got accepted (if they applied for engineering). mich wouldn't be much of a reach, wisconsin for sure, northwestern is a reach though.</p>
<p>o... so central isnt ... i had the chance to go to either due to the housing boundaries ... but chose central due to cuzins having attended it prevoiusly ... so is it still the same thing</p>
<p>also if i do chemE ... can i still do med school ... or i have to do like bioengineering or biomedical inorder to do med school? ... i dont relaly know ANYThing about this thanks</p>
<p>Actually as far premed requirement goes, chemE's requirement overlaps it nicely. At Northwestern, 2 quarters of organic chem and 1 quarter of biology are part of the core requirements of chemE and that's already half the premed requirement for organic chem/biology. However, engineering majors have tougher grading curve. The time involved in dealing with the workload makes it tough to do medical-related research. These are stuffs med schools look at. My friend got into Stanford PhD in chemE but couldn't get into any of the med schools he applied. His GPA (3.5-3.6, I think--very good for chemE) wasn't high enough for med schools which don't care the intensity of your major nor the grading curve.</p>
<p>A 3.5 in ChemE is a great GPA. What other grad schools did he get accepted to?</p>
<p>If you go to Naperville Central, then UIUC, Michigan, and Wisconsin are safeties. Northwestern looks pretty good, too, especially with your ECs. I attended Whitney Young, and most people in the top 5-10% who applied got in. Also, I noticed that you have a couple of Spanish activities...are you a URM?</p>
<p>I have no idea. I actually didn't know he applied for PhD until I saw him on Stanford's campus. I was suprised to run into him as I thought he was trying to go to med school.</p>
<p>Are princeton, Northwestern, Madison, and John Hopkins on the same level for engineering in general (I know that j. hopkins is superior for biomedical eng.)? Are they as popular as Michigan or / and Cornell for engineering?</p>
<p>They are all really about the same level but Mich is the best among the school you listed in terms of departmental ranking. For ChemE, Princeton, Madison, and Northwestern are actually better ranked than Cornell. It really depends on what field you are interested in a sense. One of the hot fields right now is nanotech; Northwestern is one of the leading institutions in that because it happens to have strong chemistry, chemE, and material sciences depts and it collaborates with UChicago (strong in chemistry) and UIUC (very strong in material sciences).</p>
<p>Thanks Sam. Nanotech. sounds very interesting. Is chemE the closest to Nanotechnology?</p>
<p>Someone earlier posted this:</p>
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it may also be useful to know that the petroleum industry is the largest hirer of chemE's.
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<p>Can anyone verify this statement? I actually heard that the pharmaceuticals are currently where most chemE's work. </p>
<p>This leads me to my next point. To be honest, I don't want to necessarily mass produce pharm. drugs forever. I want to work on things like fuel cells, nano-technology - the latter two sound more exciting and promising in the future. I wouldn't have a problem w/ mass producing pharm. drugs but comeon....you can't exactly beat something like nanotechnology! That would be incredible.</p>